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[Machine] "Regarding the world, let death be your nature, and be like the physician who patiently takes the medicine to cure his wounds, fearing a long illness and expecting relief by enduring it."  

الزهد لأحمد:٢٠٦٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ قَالَ مُسْلِمُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «صُمْ

عَنِ الدُّنْيَا وَلْيَكُنْ فِطْرُكَ الْمَوْتَ وَكُنْ كَالْمُدَاوِي جِرَاحَهُ صَبْرًا عَلَى الدَّوَاءِ خَشْيَةَ طُولِ الْبَلَاءِ احْتِمَالًا لِلْبَلَاءِ يَلْتَمِسُ بِذَلِكَ طُولَ الرَّاحَةِ»